Double-beam sliding mount for electronic video displays and other items
View Patent ↗A mounting system includes a double-beam support structure comprising two parallel, horizontal bars spaced apart vertically, and a bracket designed to hang from the double support bars while resisting rotation about the support bars. The bracket is slidably positionable along the support bars and may further include a releasable clamp jaw for clamping one of the support bars to selectively fix the position of the bracket along the support bars. The bracket may support a mounting assembly for an electronic visual display, an extension boom assembly, or another item.
1. A bracket for mounting an electronic visual display device to a pair of parallel horizontal bars, including a first support bar and a second support bar spaced apart vertically below the first support bar to define a gap therebetween, the bracket comprising:
a hook sized to hang from the first support bar and including an opening along a front side of the bracket, the opening facing in a forward direction relative to the first and second support bars when the bracket is attached to the support bars, the bracket further including a body portion attached to the hook and depending generally downwardly therefrom, the body portion including a lower portion that rests against a forward side of the second support bar when the bracket is attached to the support bars;
a clamp jaw attached to the body portion and facing the lower portion, the clamp jaw movable relative to the lower portion to clamp the second support bar therebetween when the bracket is attached to the support bars, the clamp jaw being selectively releasable to unclamp the second support bar and allow the bracket to be slidably moved laterally along the first and second support bars;
left and right side walls extending rearwardly from a central panel of the body portion, and wherein the hook includes a first hook element formed in the left side wall and a second hook element formed in the right side wall;
a mounting platform attached to the bracket over the opening of the hook, the mounting platform closing the opening to prevent the bracket from being removed from the support bars; and
a mounting element coupled to the mounting platform and configured to support the electronic visual display device.
2. The bracket of claim 1 , wherein the mounting element includes a mounting knuckle connected to a front side of the mounting platform.
3. The bracket of claim 1 , further comprising a plain bearing lining an inner surface of the hook.
4. The bracket of claim 1 , wherein the body portion and hook are made from a single sheet of metal, blanked to form the opening of the hook and bent to form the left and right side walls extending rearwardly from the central panel of the body portion, and further including a hook brace bar that connects ends of the first and second hook elements proximal of the opening.
5. The bracket of claim 1 , wherein the lower portion includes a curved surface for increasing contact area between the lower portion and the second support bar.
6. The bracket of claim 5 , further comprising a plain bearing lining the curved surface.
7. The bracket of claim 1 ; wherein the clamp jaw is pivotably attached to the body portion above the lower portion.
8. The bracket of claim 1 , further including a threaded post extending rearwardly from the body portion and a knob threaded onto the threaded post, the threaded post and the knob joining the clamp jaw to the body portion and drawing the clamp jaw toward the lower portion.
9. The bracket of claim 1 , further comprising:
a hinge attached to the body portion of the bracket, the hinge pivoting about a vertical axis; and
a boom attached to the hinge.
10. A bracket for mounting an electronic visual display device to a pair of parallel horizontal bars, including a first support bar and a second support bar spaced apart vertically below the first support bar to define a gap therebetween, the bracket comprising:
a hook sized to hang from the first support bar and including an opening along a front side of the bracket, the opening facing in a forward direction relative to the first and second support bars when the bracket is attached to the support bars, the bracket further including a body portion attached to the hook and depending generally downwardly therefrom, the body portion including a lower portion that rests against a forward side of the second support bar when the bracket is attached to the support bars;
a clamp jaw attached to the body portion and facing the lower portion, the clamp jaw movable relative to the lower portion to clamp the second support bar therebetween when the bracket is attached to the support bars, the clamp jaw being selectively releasable to unclamp the second support bar and allow the bracket to be slidably moved laterally along the first and second support bars;
a mounting platform attached to the bracket over the opening of the hook, the mounting platform closing the opening to prevent the bracket from being removed from the support bars; and
a mounting element coupled to the mounting platform and configured to support the electronic visual display device; and
wherein the body portion and hook are made from a single sheet of metal, blanked to form the opening of the hook and bent to form left and right side walls extending rearwardly from a central panel of the body portion; the hook including a first hook portion in the left side wall and a second hook portion in the right side wall, and further including a hook brace bar that connects ends of the first and second hook portions proximal of the opening.